xxvii, 569 pages ; 24 cm

English and Greek

Includes indexes

Authorship of Acts -- Date of Acts -- Canonicity of Acts -- Purpose and plan of Acts -- Luke as a historian -- The speeches in Acts -- The sources of Acts -- Acts and the Pauline epistles -- The theology of Acts -- Style and language of Acts -- The text of Acts -- Select bibliography -- Chronological and genealogical tables -- The birth of the church (1:1--5:42) -- Persecution and expansion (6:1--9:31) -- Acts of Peter: the Gentiles brought in (9:32--12:24) -- Church extension from Antioch and apostolic decree at Jerusalem (12:25--15:35) -- Paul, leaving Antioch, moves to the Aegean world (15:36--19:20) -- Paul's plans to visit Rome via Jerusalem and achieves his goal by an unexpected way (19:21--28:31)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-92) and indexes

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